FAMILY DOG HELPS FREE BOYS BURIED UNDER SNOW FORT

A Nova Scotia man is praising the efforts of the family dog for saving him and two boys who were buried under a heavy mountain of snow after their fort collapsed on them. Steve Bayers, his son Ben and a friend were building a snow fort in Lawrencetown when the roof caved in. Panicking, he said it seemed impossible to get out until his five-year-old golden lab, Zoose, began digging him out of the snow and tugging on the back of his jacket. Bayers managed to partially free himself and began calling for help, alerting a neighbour who ran over and started shovelling them out.